sugar tongs

American  

noun

(usually used with a plural verb)

1. small tongs used for serving cubed sugar.

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Etymology

Origin of sugar tongs

First recorded in 1700–10

Example Sentences

Garden gazing balls by Sula Bermúdez-Silverman are grasped by the upright claws of an imperial eagle, the spheres filled with homey substances like hair gel and studded with effete fragments of colonial treasure — bits of coral or silver sugar tongs.

From Los Angeles Times

Wednesday’s Miss Manners column incorrectly stated that if a crouton falls down the dress of the lady seated next to you, etiquette dictates removing it with the sugar tongs.

From Washington Post

“Three minutes, who’s up?” he announced, upending an extraordinary ormolu-gilt hourglass and displaying a boiled egg with a pair of silver sugar tongs.

From Literature

Renzo stuffed the two wads of bills into his jacket and dropped the sugar tongs into his pants pocket.

From Literature

He took the sugar tongs, the medallions, and the magnifying glass, one by one, and turned them in his pudgy fingers.

From Literature